Genesis 23:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Sir, the whole field, including the cave, is yours. With my own people as witnesses, I freely give it to you as a burial place for your dead.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:12

Once again, Abraham bowed down

Isaiah 32:8

But helpful people can always be trusted to make helpful plans.

Numbers 35:30

Death is the penalty for murder. But no one accused of murder can be put to death unless there are at least two witnesses to the crime.

Luke 19:24

Then he said to some other servants standing there, “Take the money away from him and give it to the servant who earned ten times as much.”

Deuteronomy 19:15

Before you are convicted of a crime, at least two witnesses must be able to testify that you did it.

Ruth 4:1

Meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the meeting place at the town gate and was sitting there when the other close relative came by. So Boaz invited him to come over and sit down, and he did.

Ruth 4:11

The town leaders and the others standing there said: We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the LORD will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem.

Ruth 4:4

I am telling you about this, since you are his closest relative and have the right to buy the property. If you want it, you can buy it now. These ten men and the others standing here can be witnesses. But if you don't want the property, let me know, because I am next in line. The man replied, “I will buy it!”

Ruth 4:9

Boaz told the town leaders and everyone else: All of you are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi the property that belonged to Elimelech and his two sons, Chilion and Mahlon.